Technologies

From ultrasonic welding and part feeding, to pressing, labeling, and molding we incorporate a wide variety of technologies to meet our life sciences customers’ requirements.

technology integration

Our experience in delivering manufacturing solutions includes integration of many types of technology and their developments over time. Some of the technologies commonly used in our systems include:

Ultrasonic Welding

Dispensing

Part Feeding

Ovens/Curing

Surface Treatment

Printing and Labeling

Pressing

Molding

Ultrasonic Welding

We have extensive experience with ultrasonic welders as a large number of our systems incorporate this technology.

Dispensing

We have experience dispensing a wide variety of products, everything from low viscosity adhesives to high viscosity pastes and greases. The types of technology include:

Positive displacement dispense

Time-pressure dispense

Peristaltic pump dispense

Piezo-electric dispense

Spray Coating

Pin transfer

Capillary transfer

Part Feeding

We have extensive experience integrating third party feeders as well as developing our own. Typical part feeding technology includes:

Bowl feeder

Step feeder

Blow feed

Vibratory inline

Escapement

Tray handler

Ovens/Curing

Applications include continuous feed or batch processing and use a variety of technologies including:

UV

IR

convection

high velocity air

radiant

Surface Treatment

Critical surfaces are often treated with corona or plasma to improve bonding of inks, coatings and adhesives. These systems have been integrated in discrete processing as well as continuous web systems.

Printing and Labeling

Most life science products require some sort of identification and lot/expiry information. We can provide many different ways of supporting this, whether it’s applying pre-printed labels, online print and apply, laser marking, or ink jet printing—we’ve done it all.

Pressing

Molding

ATS has developed and integrated complex molds with in-cavity sensing to confirm correct processes, adjust viscosity, balance cavities, and reject parts at mold opening. High cavitation, runner/gate technology, mold-side automation for overmolding, inspection, assembly and packaging are some of the injection molding related activities with which we have experience.

Custom technology solutions

We have developed relationships with best-in-class suppliers across virtually all technologies.

We've also developed our own technology when the requirements fall outside of commercial offerings.

Customer Benefits

We work very closely with our supplier partners and can work with you to develop your process and find the right technology for your application.